diff --git a/wp-includes/query.php b/wp-includes/query.php
index 99f94dd4b2..f677b8ea2e 100644
--- a/wp-includes/query.php
+++ b/wp-includes/query.php
@@ -1185,11 +1185,10 @@ class WP_Query extends WP_Object_Query {
 			, 'preview'
 			, 's'
 			, 'sentence'
-			, 'fields'
 		);
 
 		foreach ( $keys as $key ) {
-			if ( !isset($array[$key]) )
+			if ( !isset($array[$key]))
 				$array[$key] = '';
 		}
 
@@ -1197,7 +1196,7 @@ class WP_Query extends WP_Object_Query {
 			'tag__in', 'tag__not_in', 'tag__and', 'tag_slug__in', 'tag_slug__and');
 
 		foreach ( $array_keys as $key ) {
-			if ( !isset($array[$key]) )
+			if ( !isset($array[$key]))
 				$array[$key] = array();
 		}
 		return $array;
@@ -1649,7 +1648,7 @@ class WP_Query extends WP_Object_Query {
 		$join = '';
 		$search = '';
 		$groupby = '';
-		$fields = '';
+		$fields = "$wpdb->posts.*";
 		$post_status_join = false;
 		$page = 1;
 
@@ -1730,17 +1729,6 @@ class WP_Query extends WP_Object_Query {
 		else
 			$q['no_found_rows'] = false;
 
-		switch ( $q['fields'] ) {
-			case 'ids':
-				$fields = "$wpdb->posts.ID";
-				break;
-			case 'id=>parent':
-				$fields = "$wpdb->posts.ID, $wpdb->posts.post_parent";
-				break;
-			default:
-				$fields = "$wpdb->posts.*";
-		}
-
 		// If a month is specified in the querystring, load that month
 		if ( $q['m'] ) {
 			$q['m'] = '' . preg_replace('|[^0-9]|', '', $q['m']);
@@ -2284,7 +2272,6 @@ class WP_Query extends WP_Object_Query {
 			$groupby = 'GROUP BY ' . $groupby;
 		if ( !empty( $orderby ) )
 			$orderby = 'ORDER BY ' . $orderby;
-
 		$found_rows = '';
 		if ( !$q['no_found_rows'] && !empty($limits) )
 			$found_rows = 'SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS';
@@ -2293,24 +2280,7 @@ class WP_Query extends WP_Object_Query {
 		if ( !$q['suppress_filters'] )
 			$this->request = apply_filters_ref_array('posts_request', array( $this->request, &$this ) );
 
-		if ( 'ids' == $q['fields'] ) {
-			$this->posts = $wpdb->get_col($this->request);
-
-			return $this->posts;
-		}
-
-		if ( 'id=>parent' == $q['fields'] ) {
-			$this->posts = $wpdb->get_results($this->request);
-
-			$r = array();
-			foreach ( $this->posts as $post )
-				$r[ $post->ID ] = $post->post_parent;
-
-			return $r;
-		}
-
 		$this->posts = $wpdb->get_results($this->request);
-
 		// Raw results filter.  Prior to status checks.
 		if ( !$q['suppress_filters'] )
 			$this->posts = apply_filters_ref_array('posts_results', array( $this->posts, &$this ) );